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Michigan's Best Brewery: Genesee County, name the best brewery in Michigan

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Michigan's Best Brewery: We're ready for another search, and this time we're tapping into Michigan craft beer. Here is a scene from the Michigan Summer Beer Festival at Riverside Park in Ypsilanti.
(AnnAbor.Com/Courtney Sacco)

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- The entertainment staff at MLive.com has decided that, for now, we've had enough to eat in our statewide contests.

It's time for a drink.

And there's really no better time to get a beer in Michigan than now. Breweries have been popping up all over the state and existing breweries have only grown in their popularity.

Now we want to find the best.

Here in Genesee County we've got two local breweries (that we know of -- if we're missing any, tell us) at the Redwood Lodge and the Fenton Winery and Brewery. But unlike our contests in the past, we're not looking at this region by region. We want to know where your favorite brewery is, period.

So while we're sure plenty of you will nominate your local brewers, we also want to hear about your favorite places in the state. Maybe you were in a small town you never heard of and found a local brewery while driving across the state, or maybe you just can't get enough of some of the big operations in Grand Rapids or Detroit.

When it comes to choosing a brewery, we're looking for the whole experience. The quality of the beer is of course important, but we want to know how the food is (if they serve it), what the atmosphere is like, and the beer knowledge of all the employees -- not just the brewers in the back.

Whatever the case may be, we want to hear from you: Where's the best brewery in Michigan?

Tell us in the comments below. We'll look at what names pop up the most and narrow the list down to a poll for voting.